When we sit down to write a song, we often get caught up in the mechanics. We chase the perfect chord progression, the catchiest hook, or maybe a clever rhyme scheme. But strip all of that away, and you are left with the absolute core of songwriting: your message. But...

The best advice I have ever received for SONGWRITING came from Gloria Gaither when she said, “First, never write a song until you have a story to tell. Don’t just write to be writing. Second, when you finish, writing the song, read through what you’ve written to make...